The video will be used to defend two Jan. 6 participants who are on trial for “Obstruction of an Official Proceeding.”
QUICK FACTS:
- Video footage of police officers allowing protesters into the Upper West Terrance Doors of the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 has recently been admitted as evidence.
- The footage will be used to defend Brady Knowlton and Patrick Montgomery, according to The Gateway Pundit.
- Both men are facing felony charges for “Obstruction of an Official Proceeding” on Jan 6th.
- The pair are being represented by a “dream team” of attorneys, including Allen Dershowitz.
WHAT THE VIDEO SHOWS:
- The footage shows police officers physically holding the Capitol building doors open for rally-goers.
- The officers spoke to some protesters and motioned some back and forth through the doors, facilitating free ingress and egress through to the interior of the Capitol.
- Some reports indicate that the footage is expected to exonerate Knowlton and Montgomery as well as everyone else who entered those doors.
BACKGROUND:
- The same defense of police permission was used in the case of Matthew Martin who was acquitted by a U.S. District Court in Washington, according to POLITICO.
- Martin received his verdict just days ago, over a year after he was accused of four misdemeanor charges and after losing his job as an engineer in New Mexico due to the accusation.
